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Pay It Forward (Alliance)

Pay It Forward is an Alliance-only quest for level 30-35 in Kelp'thar Forest. It is step 3 of 149 in the Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse storyline. It rewards 1 reputation reward and 4,800 experience.

Description

You are now able to move about this realm more freely and without fear of drowning.

This is where our work begins.

First, you have many allies nearby who are drowning as we speak. As I saved you, you must save them.

I have enchanted the shell you brought me. Use it to rescue your friends.

Hurry now!

Rewards

Experience4,800 XP
ReputationThe Earthen Ring +250
Top Comments

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2
Whiterock+3via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The Distant Island Quest Tree From Whiterock
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1)A Personal Summons{H}
 |                    \
1)Eye of the Storm(A) 1)The Eye of the Storm(H)
 ├─────────────────────┘
 |
G)To the Depths{H} S)Hero's Call: Vashj'ir!(A) S)Warchief's Command: Vashj'ir!(H)
 |  ┌───────────────┴───────────────────────────┘
 |OR|
1)Call of Duty{H}──>2)Once More, With Eeling
2)Sea Legs{H}
2)Pay It Forward{H}
2)Rest For the Weary{H}
 |                    \
2)Buy Us Some Time{H} 2)Traveling on Our Stomachs{H}
 ├─────────────────────┼──┬────────────┐
2)Girding Our Loins(H) | 2)To Arms!(A) |
 ├>G)Pay Attention!(H) |  |            |
 |                  |OR|  | 2)Stormwind Elite Aquatic and Land Forces(A)
 |      2)Helm's Deep(H)  └───┤
 |      2)Finders, Keepers(H) |
 |      /                     |
2)Bring It On!(H)       2)On Our Own Terms(A)
2)Blood and Thunder!(H) 2)All or Nothing(A)
 ├──┬────────────────────┘
 | 3)Better Late Than Dead  3)Kliklak's  Craw
 | 3)The Abyssal Ride
 | G)Good Deed Left Undone  3)The Horde's Hoard
 |OR|
3)Gimme Shelter!────────>3)A Case of Crabs
3)Ain't Too Proud to Beg
 ├>3)A Girl's Best Friend
 ├>3)A Taste For Tail
 ├>3)An Opened Can of Whoop Gnash
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3)Can't Start a Fire Without a Spark──>3)Nerve Tonic
 ├>4)Oh, the Insanity!
 | 5)Dah, Nunt... Dah, Nunt...  4)Blackfin's Booty
 | 5)Shark Weak
 | 5)DUN-dun-DUN-dun-DUN-dun
 | 4)A Bone to Pick
 | 5)Decisions, Decisions
 | 
3)Ophidophobia──>4)Lady La-La's Medallion
3)A Desperate Plea
3)Undersea Sanctuary
6)Spelunking{H}
6)Debriefing{H}
6)Wake of Destruction─────┬>6)Decompression{H}
6)Come Hell of High Water ├>6)What? What? In My Gut...?{H}
6)The Warden's Time       └>6)How Disarming
7)Across the Great Divide
7)The Looming Threat
7)Backed Into a Corner
7)Rundown            ┌>9)Slippery Threat
8)Silver Tide Hollow─┼>9)Don't be Shellfish
9)The Great Sambino  └>8)A Distracting Scent
9)Undersea Inflation
9)Totem Modification  9)Crabby Patrons
8)Back In One Piece
G)Toshe's Vengeance──>Vengeful Heart*
Quest zones:
1)Orgrimmar+Stormwind_____2)Legion's Fate+Seafarer's Tomb_____3)Shallow's End+Smuggler's Hole_____4)Gurboggle's Ledge_____5)Skeletal Reef_____6)Deepmist Grotto+The Clutch_____7)Damplight Chamber+Shimmering Grotto_____8)Silver Tide Hollow_____9)Silver Tide Trench
G)Gluing Separate Questlines_____S)Skippable
* is another Quest Tree.


IMPORTANT INFO:


  2. In order to getPay Attention! you must completeGirding Our Loins before acceptingHelm's Deep.

  4. Better Late Than Dead andThe Abyssal Ride are NOT needed to takeGimme Shelter! and followups, however that would make you unable to getGood Deed Left Undone.

  6. [item=55186] have 0% drop chance beforeOphidophobia done and 100% after, however anyone can share you this quest as long as you are 80+lvl.

  8. Anyone can takeVengeful Heart and do it's followups as long as they are 80+lvl. Quests above are NOT needed for it.


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66148+2via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I found several that spawn near each other. On your zone map, find the "s" in Legion's Fate, then look just north of that for the upside-down floating ship. I found multiple spawn points under the ship about 1/3 the way up from the sea bed. Also, if you're having trouble spotting them, try this macro:

/tar Drowning Soldier
/run SetRaidTarget("target", 1)
/use Enchanted Conch

The macro will target the soldier, put a star over its head, and try to use the quest item on it. If you're too far away, look for the star and head toward it.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,800
ReputationThe Earthen Ring+250

Reward details

Reputation: The Earthen Ring +250

This gathering of the most powerful shaman of Azeroth seeks to maintain the balance between the world's elemental forces. Their main focus during the cataclysm has been to repair and stabilize the damage caused by Deathwing's arrival.

Reputation group: Cataclysm.

Other quests in Kelp'thar Forest that reward The Earthen Ring reputation: Sea Legs (+250), The Abyssal Ride (+350), Pressure is Mounting (+250), A Test of Wills (+250), Better Late Than Dead (+250), Back in the Saddle (+250).

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapKelp'thar Forest
World Map

Where to go

Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.

Kelp'thar Forest Quest turn-in

Nearby on the Kelp'thar Forest map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Kelp'thar Forest, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Kelp'thar Forest:

  • Smuggler's Scar, Vashj'irAlliance and Horde · about 350 yards east
  • Sandy Beach, Vashj'irAlliance · about 820 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 50 yards south-east

Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.

Quest Line

Storyline

Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse

Part 3 of 149.

Previous: Sea Legs · Next: Rest For the Weary

  1. 1Call of Duty
  2. 2Sea Legs
  3. 3Pay It Forward
  4. 4Rest For the Weary
  5. 5Buy Us Some Time
  6. 6Traveling on Our Stomachs
  7. 7To Arms!
  8. 8Stormwind Elite Aquatic and Land Forces
  9. 9On Our Own Terms
  10. 10All or Nothing
  11. 11Call of Duty
  12. 12Sea Legs

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 149.

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Sea LegsKelp'thar Forest · Level 30-35

    Welcome to The Briny Cutter, <class>. I am Erunak, the last surviving passenger of this once-proud vessel. I'm afraid your travails have only just begun. The naga have been attacking here relentlessly. You're not equipped to be of much help down here yet, but I can remedy that.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Rest For the WearyKelp'thar Forest · Level 30-35

    You have done well, <race>, but there is much more to do and I grow weary. I have expended a great deal of energy sending a distress message to Earthen Ring leadership, pleading for their help. I must rest if I am to be of further use to us here.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Kelp'thar Forest · Level 30-35.

The storyline at a glance

Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse has 149 steps, from Call of Duty to Full Circle.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Shimmering Expanse (98), Kelp'thar Forest (48), Abyssal Depths (2), Vashj'ir (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Kelp'thar Forest map

  • Vashj'ir, Abyssal Depths43 steps, starts with Bio-Fuel

Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Pay It Forward. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
Pay It Forward (this page)Alliance25281
Pay It ForwardHorde25936
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